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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22332949

JD Vance said that ‘American power comes with certain strings attached’

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can't even wait two fucking months before saying explicitly fascist shit like this.

So many people are in for a rude awakening, including many people on the left who have no concept of what is coming. This is what happens when you don't teach history, I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Nonsense sofa! Ehem so far

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (5 children)

France's military industry is having wet dreams thinking about it.

If the US pulls out of NATO France becomes the biggest arms exporter of NATO and I would expect other countries will become less enthusiastic at the idea of buying US weapons systems.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is why billionaires shouldn't exist.

The other thing I need to mention is that is that Elon Musk is far from the only billionaire with a massively disproportionate influence on elections and society. Or even the biggest. He is just the biggest attention whore of them all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I imagine him and other billionaires in a group chat with him word vomiting every time he has an idea of how to further fuck the USA.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trump and Vance hold no actual power. Musk is now the shadow president of the USA.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I wish this were true... You should probably read some history about fascism/totalitarianism. Musk, and his corporations, are just another arm of the authoritarian government, to be used on the whim of our singular leader. Usually to mete out vengeance for perceived slights, and occasionally reward a crony for their loyalty (until they're no longer needed, of course).

This is how all corporations function under this system, otherwise they are eliminated.

Welcome back to the political spoils system.

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